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(11) EP 1 331 522 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/31

(21) Application number: 03001360.1

(22) Date of filing: 24.01.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G03G 15/00, B65H 9/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO

(30) Priority: 24.01.2002 JP 2002015508
01.08.2002 JP 2002224899
25.11.2002 JP 2002340371

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Watase, Hiroyuki
    Funabashi-shi, Chiba (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Stuntzstrasse 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Recording medium conveying device and image forming apparatus including the same


(57) A recording medium (S) conveying device for an image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a conveying member for conveying a sheet or similar recording medium by nipping it. After the sheet being conveyed by the conveying member (38) has abutted against a registering member (33), the registering member rotates in synchronism with the rotation of an image carrier carrying an image thereon for thereby conveying the recording medium toward an image transfer position. After the recording medium has slackened on abutting against the registering member, a nip canceling mechanism (45) cancels the nip of the conveying member acting on the recording medium.






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